10/22/2014

Here is Abby, a long coated red sable pup from Jake and Macy’s May 2014 litter, trained by Hannah.  I get a kick out of these pictures and thought you would too.  Abby went home to her new family last weekend at five months old. Ready to go home ...

10/16/2014

There is nothing like the joy in each person’s face as they finally get to take their precious puppy home! Cardinal, the sire, getting in on the attention. This last puppy goes home tomorrow.  She can’t wait! and finally she goes home where there is a happy reception waiting ...

8/11/2014

The black and red long coat puppy on the left, traveled the furthest to get home, all the way to Nashville, TN This pup’s family flew in to the airport where I met them and then they took him home under their seat in the plane all the way to Colorado.  This is this family’s third Candle Hill Shepherd, the first of the THREES ! Another More T...

7/15/2014

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7/12/2014

Puppy Enrichment 101 at Candle Hill ...

6/28/2014

At five weeks old, you can start to see the difference in coat type from a long coated German Shepherd puppy and a short standard coated puppy.  It is more difficult in person than in these photos, but here you go. Did you figure it out? In both pictures, the puppy on the left is the long coated pup.  The best way to tell is looking at the muzz...

6/28/2014

At five weeks old, you can start to see the difference in coat type from a long coated German Shepherd puppy and a short standard coated puppy.  It is more difficult in person than in these photos, but here you go. Did you figure it out? In both pictures, the puppy on the left is the long coated pup.  The best way to tell is looking at the muzz...

6/8/2014

These puppies are only two and a half weeks old, a little early to be trying to eat on their own. But with eleven, we thought something to supplement mom would help out. They certainly seem to think that was a good idea! Of course, drinking from a dish is a skill to be learned, a gurgle here, a nose full there, one by one they master it with a lap la...

6/8/2014

Congratulations to Sunny!  This past weekend during the big Spokane /Coeur d’Alene AKC Show cluster and the weekend before at the Spokane Dog Training Club Trial, Sunny achieved all our goals completing Novice B in just three trials with three legs (qualifying scores) under three different judges earning his CD (Companion Dog).  Sunny also completed ...

6/3/2014

Litter F sire: V Imo Vom Werraufer SCH III, FH, aka “Strongheart” dam: Gerta vom Haus Kohl BH, CGC born July 21, 2006 FIVE to SIX WEEKS OLD Companion/Personal Protection, Vancouver BC Koda as a Search and Rescue Dog, Mountain West Search Dogs, Idaho Leo, K9 Police Dog, Street Patrol, Narcotics Detection, Virginia Lexa, Search an...